I see a slow growing trend of the hobby light duty machine shop in the United States. There is a definite niche for the smaller size high quality high speed machines that are fairly common in the European hobby market. This includes such brands as the Proxxon, Prazi and Emco and others. The English Myford is on the small list. Also included are the US brands of Sherline and Taig. I am talking about small machine...
Continue reading...Made for America Fantasy
I recently read a long review of a fairly expensive CO2 laser engraving product. It was an import to the United States market. It actually is a quality product but the review was written by a curmudgeon who wanted to display he was a patriot. His “standards” bias disturbed me to the point that I need to make this comment. First let me state I can hold my “patriot badge” as high as anyone. I...
Continue reading...What I Saw
I see lots of things, sometimes more than I wish. The same goes for hearing but I can feign deafness like Walter Mitty (ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa) and drift into a 2nd life fantasy world. Some folks may understand… I think they call it a hobby. (Just kidding, honest!) What I saw is wood. Just another comment here of what woodworking is like when one uses a very accurate and powerful table saw. The Powermatic almost makes me...
Continue reading...Working Hard!
Wow! What a hard weekend. It was full of Honey Do’s. My spouse Gloria has taken to remodeling most of the interior of the house. Contractors are supposed to be doing all the hard work, but there is plenty to spill over onto yours truly. Our son Steve was also heavily recruited and contributed to the hard work. I have to go back to my real job to get some rest! Ha! Gloria has done a...
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